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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

Innovation start-ups are a practical starting point for familiarising yourself with the industry, since they rarely have the budgets for hiring major strategy firms, and therefore often welcome volunteer consultants. Start-up in the Plastics Industry. Turning Innovation into a Market Reality.

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Avoiding food waste confusion

Seth Godin Blog

When we price carbon accurately, the efficient market will start to pay more attention to harvesting the last peach, or shifting to drip irrigation, vertical farms or simple techniques that have enormous benefits. The shift in our industrial systems to climate resilience is a huge opportunity.

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How to Solve Your Talent Challenge (Creatively)

Organizational Talent Consulting

It is helpful to test assumptions, adopt a different point of view, challenge habits, and search for ideas outside your industry or function. BASF is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. industry associations discuss relevant issues and set standards for best practices.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. Figure 2: Aviation Industry CO 2 Emissions. Billion industry by 2027. Chemical Innovations.

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"Process Mining"? Sounds Like a Waste of Time.

Markovitz Consulting

You’re missing the boat on “process mining,” the latest improvement breakthrough that will catapult your firm to the top of your industry. I’m sure it does more efficient. You’re not doing any process mining. Yup, that’s right. And so does close observation of the work with standard work combination tables.

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Can Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

Harvard Business

The investment industry is changing. On the other side, fans of active management see it as a trend that can damage market efficiency and lead to distortions in market prices. If most of the market is in “passive” investment, prices won’t adjust properly and capital will be allocated less efficiently.

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Don’t Be Tyrannized by Old Metrics

Harvard Business

Most industries cower to a few central metrics, the yardsticks that define the winners and losers. For example, same-store sales or sales per square foot measure success in the retail industry, and various volume measures do it in commodity industries. Consider the automotive industry. For years, U.S. Who takes the hit?

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